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Interdisciplinary training for modern population and health research.

The Health Sciences Integrated PhD Program (HSIP) offers doctoral student training across multiple disciplines within the health sciences, spanning from informatics and program evaluation to implementation science and outcomes research. It builds upon existing master's degree programs in these fields and incorporates new areas of strength in measurement and health behavior. Integration across these programs provides the flexibility for doctoral students to receive rigorous interdisciplinary training in the core content needed for population and health research in the 21st century.

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Learn more about the people behind our program via the links below. Our faculty members are each assigned to a track, allowing them to provide our doctoral students with more specialized training. 

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Testimonials

Lindsay Zimmerman, PhD, MPH

Lindsay Zimmerman, PhD, MPH

lindsay.zimmerman@northwestern.edu

Managing Principal of Research & Engagement, Upfront Healthcare

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Dr. Zimmerman completed her undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at DePaul University, and later her MPH with an Epidemiology focus at University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently serves as the Managing Principal of Research & Engagement at Upfront Healthcare and leads the Barbara Bartosch Institute for Patient Activation Research. Prior to Northwestern, Lindsay was the Director of Research for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Division of Family Planning at Cook County Health, Chicago's primary safety-net hospital system.

 

The doctoral program in Health and Biomedical Informatics, within the Health Sciences Integrated PhD Program, allowed Lindsay to deepen her informatics and data science skillsets, while also allowing her to collaborate with other like-minded students, faculty, and investigators working in the healthcare and public health fields. Lindsay's dissertation focused on understanding the relationship between social determinants of health and cardiovascular health using sequential pattern mining and machine learning techniques. Her dissertation was supported by The Graduate School's Presidential Fellowship and an F31 dissertation grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

 

Dissertation Title: Complex Exposures to Social Determinants of Health through Young Adulthood and Associations with Mid-life Cardiovascular Health and Events: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study